Estate of Hess
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Sonoma County admitting a will "to probate. Thomas C. Denny, Judge. The facts are, stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.
This is an appeal by the contestant, Gertrude Hess Voyer, from an order admitting to probate the will of Sophie Hess, otherwise known as Sophie Wright, deceased, and appointing as executor the proponent of the will, George C. Young.
Appellant is the half-sister of the decedent, being the issue of the, mother’s second marriage. The decedent was a spinster, fifty-two years of age at the time of her death on May 25, 1918. She left surviving her no issue, parents, brothers, or sisters, other than appellant. Appellant contests the will on two grounds, (1) that the decedent “was not of sound mind…
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